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Human Rights Interviews

Office of the Public Advocate
Friday 5th May, 2023
Lisa, who lives with an acquired brain injury, is passionate about protecting the human rights of people with disability. In this series of interviews, Lisa seeks to explore how various
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Speak My Language (Disability)

Ethnic Communities' Council of NSW in partnership with all Ethnic and Multicultural Councils across Australia
Tuesday 18th April, 2023
This resource involves hundreds of people from culturally diverse communities talking about living well with a disability in 24 languages. The power of storytelling is harnessed through podcast and radio
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Deaf Australians and those with disabilities push to end exclusion from juries

Kate Ashton
ABC
Saturday 8th April, 2023
While many Australians go to great lengths to avoid serving on a jury, Brent Phillips has spent nearly a decade fighting for his right to take part in his civic
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Toolkit: Inclusion is Everyone’s Business

Early Childhood Intervention Australia
Sunday 26th March, 2023
This toolkit provides practical tips and resources that are easy to use. They are designed to build the knowledge and confidence of teams working within any service or program for
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Intervention in G93966 – HYY (Guardianship) VCAT 97 – Jan 2022

Victorian Equal Opportunity and Human Rights Commission
Thursday 19th May, 2022
This case is about when and how an appointed guardian can authorise the use of forcible physical restraint in order to administer medication to people under their guardianship. This case
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The I Can’t Stand Podcast

Peta Hooke
Friday 1st October, 2021
Have you ever wondered what it is like to live with a disability? The I Can't Stand Podcast is for everyone who has a question or just wondered about disability.
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This Is My Story: Lisa Sansbury

Grampians Disability Advocacy
Monday 6th September, 2021

Indigneous woman Lisa Sansbury tells her story of trauma and abuse after being removed from her family at a young age. She tells her story in a painting to be…

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SBS asks: ‘What Does Australia Really Think About’ ….Disability? Old People? Obesity?

SBS
Wednesday 21st July, 2021
Saturday 30th October, 2021

In a ground-breaking new documentary series, SBS seeks to explore how stigma and prejudice impact the lives of millions of Australians, by getting to the heart of what people really…

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Growing Up Disabled in Australia

Carly Findlay
Black Ink
Monday 1st February, 2021
A rich collection of writing from those negotiating disability in their lives – a group whose voices are not heard often enough Contributors include senator Jordon Steele-John, paralympian Isis Holt,
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The right to sex when you live with disability

Erica Vowles
RN Life Matters
Thursday 17th December, 2020
If you live with disability, sexual intimacy can become less straightforward and, if the barriers are significant enough, you might need some assistance from trained professionals. The NDIS has sought
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A horrific playground incident: how one school failed its students

Background Briefing
ABC RN
Sunday 18th October, 2020
0457965505 Kimberly's sunny, athletic and inquisitive about everything. But for years she harboured terrible secrets about what happened to her. Janine Fitzpatrick investigates why her school failed to heed credible
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Disability meets disaster – case studies

DARU
Thursday 27th August, 2020
Disasters amplify the existing fault lines already experienced by people with disability to live an ordinary life. The best way to truly understand the impact of disasters on people with
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